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Date:      Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:48:59 +0800
From:      Alie Tan <alie@affle.com>
To:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Proposed patchset to support DreamPlug on freebsd 9 and 10.
Message-ID:  <CANuCnH_ZFiJCThSf5eCAzhZLOeZ769woHOrT9vTY9Dpo72Zgwg@mail.gmail.com>

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> After exchanging a few emails with Richard yesterday we realized why I
> had to put some tweaks on top of the patches he had posted... there are
> two different flavors of a DreamPlug v10.  One of my co-workers has a
> unit marked "1001" and it has NOR SPI flash, as does Richard's.  My unit
> is marked "1001N" and has NAND flash (which makes it a bit like an
> expanded GuruPlug).
>
> This is going to drive the need for two separate .dts files and two
> separate kernel configs.  I reworked the patchset I've been using for
> 9-stable and -current to move in this direction, and I'm attaching what
> I've got so far as a proposal for handling this difference.
>
> The attached patches don't include Hiroki's led driver, this is just
> minimal dreamplug support on top of a fresh checkout of 9 or 10.
>
> I've also heard there are differences in the v0901 dreamplug units, but
> I don't know what the differences are.  That might require yet another
> set of config.
>
> I broke the kernel config into 3 pieces... a DREAMPLUG-BASE that has
> config for things that are dreamplug-specific and common to all
> dreamplugs, and notably is not a GENERIC or kitchen-sink type config
> file.  Then there are DREAMPLUG-1001 and -1001N config files that
> include the -BASE file, and add other options to make a more fully
> usable system.  I think there's plenty of room for changes and additions
> to these -1001[N] files, such as IPFW and other things that you might
> want right out of the box -- I do mainly embedded systems work, so I
> don't know what most folks might want.
>
> The config for the 1001N needs more work, notably more support for the
> NAND flash in the .dts and kernel configs.  Since the whole reason I'm
> playing with a dreamplug is to get some experience using nand flash,
> I'll be working on that in the days to come.  I just wanted to get this
> out there and see if folks think this is a workable direction for
> supporting different dreamplug flavors.
>
> -- Ian
>

Is there any plan to merge this patch to HEAD? Its already 3 months but
still now news about this news.

Regards,
Alie T



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